Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4,295, Jesse George, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
George Jesse
S. 4,295
carded
CONTENTS

Ohio. Pittsburgh. 7919
Isaac George
of Morgan Co in the State of Ohio.
who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain George - of the Regiment commanded by Col. Cairns - in the Virginia line for Eight months front 1778.
$26.100
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio.
at the rate of 26. Dollars 66. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19. day of April 1833. and sent to P.B. Johnston Clerk McConnelsville Morgan Co. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. 53.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Sep r . 33. 13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Palmer Clerk, Book E Vol. 8 - Page 112.
A. Nov. 14. 1845.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1838 to 4 th Sep r 1838. Aged Notified 7 th Aug r 1839

Mr Edwards says admitted for the 8 Months. 18. April 1833
N o 17. 921.
Hope George.
Adm for 8 Months from 1778
P. B. Johnston Clerk Mc Connelsville Morgan County Ohio
20. Feb. 1833.

BRIEF in the case of Isaac George of Morgan County in the State of Ohio. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 74 Years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778. 1 st Sept. 1778 about 1 Mo 1779 private Gen. Capt. Jas. Radikin, Col. Thos. Brant   1781. . . . about 2 months. do. Capt. Wm. George.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? —  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Loudon County, Virginia.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. H. Pleasants. Examining Clerk.

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17921 ✓

The State of Ohio County of Morgan ss. On this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting Jesse George a resident of Brookfield Township in the County of Morgan aged Seventy four years on the 15 th day of January last, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832
That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Virginia Militia on or about the first day of September 1778 in the company commanded by Capt James Radikin in the Regt commanded by Col. Thomas Carins, at Leesburg Loudon County Virginia and in a short time marched for Pittsburgh passing through Winchester Va. remained there days only at Pittsburgh then called Fort Pitt and then proceeded by water to Wheeling Va. where they remained about two weeks thence proceeded about six miles up Wheeling Creek to Shepherds Fort where they remained until the about the 1 st of March 1779 when their time having expired they were marched back to Leesburg and discharged
That he again joined the Militia under the command of Col Thomas Mays where in the company commanded by Capt William George below Williamsburg Va. in the month of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one. They remained there under the command of Gen t Stevens about two months when they were discharged
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll agency in any State.
Jesse W. George mark

Questions propounded by the Court
1 st Where and in what year was you born?
A In Fairfax County Va on 15 th Jan 1758
2 nd Question Have you any record of your age
A None
3 rd 2 Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the revolutionary War and where do you now live
A In Loudoun Co Va from thence I removed to Belmont Co Ohio where I resided nine years from thence I removed to the place where I now reside having resided there two years
4 th 2 How was you called into service, were you drafted did you volunteer or were you a substitute
A I volunteered the first tour of six months, the second tour I think I was drafted
5 th 2 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the Troops when you served and such Continental & Militia Regts as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service
A Col Thomas Mumpethier was a Regular Officer Gen Stevens was also a regular Officer
I knew no Troops on my first tour except our own Company When on the second tour we were with the main American and French Army under the command of Gen Washington Generals La Fayette & Wayne were both there
6 th 2 Did you ever receive a discharge
Answer No written discharge
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution
A Col Erastus Hoskins & Asa Burlingame Esq
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court October 16 th 1832 J. B. Johnson Clerk
Joseph George

William Sherman
We Erastus Hoskin and Asa  Asa Burlingame residing in Brookfield Asa Burlingame Township Morgan County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jesse George who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age that he is respected and beloved to be in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Erastus Hoskin
William Sherman
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as stated by him And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Erastus Hoskin & Asa Burlingame who have signed the preceding certificate reside in Brookfield Township aforesaid and and credible persons and their statement is entitled to credit
I Kerley B Johnson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jesse George for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have heretofore set my hand and seal of office this 16 th day of October A. D. 1832
K. B. Johnson Clerk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jesse George a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Sept. 1. 1778 March 1. 1779 James Radkin Thomas Cavins Va.   July 1781 2 mos. William George Thomas Merrithew "        
Battles engaged in, _____ Residence of soldier at enlistment, Lowdown Co. Va. Date of application for pension, Oct. 16 1832. H. C. et al. Residence at date of application, Brookfield, Morgan Co. Ohio. Age at date of application, b. Jan'y 15, 1758 in Fairfax Co. Va. Remarks: d. Nov. 14, 1845 - *
No data as to family.
* from A.B.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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Rev. Wm.
4295
INVALID.
File No. 4295-
Jesse George Pr. Ma. Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 139
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan. 14, 189 Mithishy to Hon. M.C. George Portland, Or
Jan 22 97 Hiss - a R Stewart Baltimore 2 1914 Oct. 24 Hist. to Corinne Hage V.L.M.

Wauconda, Ill.
Oct 19-1914
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions. Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir:-
I am making application to the Daughters of the American Revolution - and I do not have a pension certificate - and am writing to you to verify my claim.
I have the following data -

about my ancestor.
Jesse George : - Soldier in the American Revolution. In Captain Radican's company; in Col. David Shepherd's regiment of volunteers and also in Capt. W m George's company of militia in Col Memmuth's regiment
The pension certificate of the above soldier for his services in the Revolutionary War was granted April 19-1833 (Act of June 7, 1832) and commenced from March 4, th 1831 at $26.66 per year. The pensioner lived in Brookfield Township, Morgan Co., Ohio. - on Sept 8, 1845 and for 19 years prior to that in Belmont Co., Ohio.
I should also like to know from what county and state he enlisted.
Stamped envelope pet'd. one 2 ct stamped envelope cancelled JW

Thanking you in advance I am
Yours truly,
Miss Corinne Hoge.
Wauconda,
Illinois

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 31 st , 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Jesse George, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parise Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac George which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes. II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes. III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes. V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes. VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes. IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes. X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No clergyman, but two citizens
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
No.
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? —
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? —
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? —
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes.
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B.
I. 4295.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 22, 1897.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for information concerning the military record of Jesse George, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on October 10, 1832, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing at Brookfield, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for eight months' actual service as a private in the Virginia troops, Revolutionary war. He enlisted from Loudon County, Va.
In his application he alleges that he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Virginia militia about the 1st of September, 1778, in the company commanded by Capt. James Radikin, in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Cavins, and in a short time marched from Leesburg, in Loudon County, Va., to Pittsburg, Pa., where he remained for a few days and then proceeded, by water, to Wheeling, W. Va., thence to Shepherd's Fort, where he remained until about the 1st of March, 1779, and then returned hom to Loudon County, Va., and was discharged. In the month of July, 1780, he again joined the militia as a private in Capt. William George's company, Col. Thomas Merriweather's regiment, and served about two months. No other details of his service are given.
This Bureau can furnish no information relative to a bounty land as a careful examination of the records on file in this Bureau fails to show that one was ever granted him; nor, do the papers on file in his claim for pension show that he ever made an application for bounty land.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
Mr. Redmond Conyngham Stewart, #213 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S. M. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 14, 1896.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Jesse George --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. He entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Virginia militia about the 1st day of September, 1778, in the company commanded by Capt. James Radikin, in the regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Cavins, and in a short time marched from Leesburg, in Loudon Co., Va., to Pittsburg, Pa., where he remained for a few days and then proceeded, by water, to Wheeling, W. Va., thence to Shepherd's Fort, where he remained until about the 1st of March, 1779, and then returned home to Loudon Co., Va., and was discharged. In the month of July, 1780, he again joined the militia as a private in Capt. Wm. George's company, Col. Thomas Merriweather's regiment, and served about two months. No other details of his services are given.
Battles engaged in, None.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Loudon Co., Va.
Date of application for pension. October 16, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Brookfield, Ohio.
Age at date of application, Born in Fairfax Co., Va., Jan. 15, 1758.
Remarks: His pension was allowed.
No record has been found of Hugh Nickerson as a pensioner.
Very respectfully,
Hon. M. C. George,
Portland, Oregon.
Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 14, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your personal request in behalf of Hon. H. C. George, of Portland, Oregon, I have the honor to transmit herewith and official statement of the military record of Jesse George, a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
The name of Hugh Nickerson does not appear upon the Revolutionary pension records and the Bureau is, therefore, unable to furnish his military history.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. John H. Mitchell, United States Senate.